Revolutions 1789–1917

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.

Allan Todd (Author)

9780521586009, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 19 March 1998

148 pages
22.9 x 15.3 x 0.8 cm, 0.245 kg

"...these are short, focused texts - not anthologies - that add depth to traditional topics....are definitely aimed at good high school readers." Kliatt

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. Allan Todd provides a lucid exploration of the main features of revolutions: the economic, social, political and ideological developments prior to revolution, and the roles and actions of crowds, parties, women and counter-revolutionaries. Particular attention is paid to the French Revolution of 1789, the 1848 Revolutions, the 1871 Paris Commune and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Revolutions contains a selection of primary and secondary sources.

1.What is revolution?
2. The old order undermined: social and economic developments
3. Political crises and revolution
4. The role of ideology
5. Crowds parties and leaders
6. Barricades and blood: violence in revolutions
7. Internationalism: revolution across borders
8. Revolutionary women
9. Reaction and counter-revolution
10. Revolutionary continuity: victory and defeat.

Subject Areas: General & world history [HBG]